Born of prosperity, sunlight and optimism, California’s dream homes now lie in ashes | Rowan Moore

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 19:06 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Magnificent, irreplaceable 20th-century architecture made with craft and imagination was destroyed in the Palisades wildfires

Pacific Palisades and its surrounding neighbourhoods, which have burned so…

Villa Park bedlam sums up gripping Celtic campaign

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 06:47 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Celtic's enthralling defeat at Aston Villa was a near-perfect illustration of the club's gripping, and ultimately successful, Champions League campaign.

Harrowing moment giant fish attacks young 'mermaid' performer's face in front of terrified children

found 2025 › Jan › 29 (Wed) @ 06:58 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Watchers screamed in horror at the sudden attack at the Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park, in China.

‘People are still doing it, but nobody talks about it’: queer collective Duckie break the chemsex taboo

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 14:26 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The legendary nightlife group known for their groundbreaking nights at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London are back – and restarting the conversation about the controversial subject

‘It’s sort of a da…

Regent's Park mansion dubbed 'mini-Buckingham Palace' sells for knockdown £139m to mystery buyer after Saudi prince seller defaulted on loan for private jet

found 2025 › Jan › 24 (Fri) @ 19:41 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The lawns of the 40-bedroom house sweep down to the park's boating lake and the 200-year-old home has been described as the 'definition of Western civilization' by one architectural critic.

London mansion sold for £139mn to mystery buyer

found 2025 › Jan › 24 (Fri) @ 11:47 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

The Holme is one of a few private residences located inside Regent’s Park

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Fears tribute to late Queen in St James's Park will not be completed in time

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Initially, a final five contenders will be selected, with King Charles having a veto over the winner.

Grand plans to spend £63million on maintaining the fire-wrecked look for a Grade I listed mansion rather than restoring a 'great jewel of British architecture' is blasted as an 'act of barbarianism'

found 2024 › Dec › 23 (Mon) @ 08:49 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Clandon Park, an 18th-century mansion, was left a charred shell after a fire in 2015 in what was widely regarded as the greatest disaster in the history of the National Trust.

Bark! The Herald Angels sing? A dogs’ nativity play in London – in pictures

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Anni Harrison was walking her dog Monty in East Greenwich Pleasaunce park when she jokingly mentioned to fellow dog walkers what a laugh it would be to hold a nativity play with dogs. With a shared l…

The REAL femme fatales who made Black Doves look tame: From the 'Queen of Spies' to the woman dubbed 'the most dangerous of all' by the Gestapo

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Daphne Park rose to become one of the most senior controllers at MI6. She ran agents in Moscow during the Cold War, infiltrated Hanoi and smuggled men out of Congo.